Reliance turns to ECA-backed financing

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance, which is negotiating deals with six export credit agencies around the world

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is an active borrower in the bond and syndicated loan markets, but it is increasingly taking advantage of export credit agency ECA-backed financing as a way to diversify its funding sources.

Vineyesh Sawhney, senior vice president of finance at Reliance, told FinanceAsia that the company is dealing with an additional six ECAs in Asia, North America and a number of countries in Europe, having already closed deals...